Director of Communications
Jessica Perreault
With deep experience in strategic communications and marketing, Jessica leads LMIC’s efforts to communicate its mission of empowering Canadians with high-quality labour market information. She develops and leads the execution of strategies to engage diverse audiences, including government stakeholders, employers, workers, researchers, and policymakers.
Jessica brings a wealth of expertise in digital engagement, branding, and multi-channel communications. Prior to joining LMIC, she worked with mission-driven organizations across North America, where she successfully implemented strategies that increased brand visibility and drove sustainable growth.
Outside of work, Jessica can be found spending time in nature with her husband and three cattle dogs, reading, cooking, and gardening. Her guilty pleasure is anything and everything pop-culture related.
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LMI Insight Report no. 29, Making Informed Choices in an Uncertain and Changing Job Market
Using online job posting data, we examine recent shifts in Canada’s job market and ways to assess what employers are asking for in terms of skills and knowledge.
Addressing critical workforce needs: Ensuring Canada’s food supply in times of crisis
Until a few weeks ago, most Canadians hadn’t thought much about where their food comes from, who produces it, or if there would be enough for everyone. Panic buying across…
Gender Implications of COVID-19 Unemployment
Between February and March 2020, the Canadian unemployment rate jumped from 5.6% to 7.8%. This was driven, in large part, by increases in temporary layoffs for occupations in sales and…
Essential Services and Occupations: A Pan-Canadian List
To ensure the labour market information we share is up to date, we will continue to update our Pan-Canadian Essential Services List as new LMI emerges about the effects of…
A (Small) Glimmer of Hope in Today’s Job Report?
Today’s job report was pretty bleak. We had some early indications (e.g. the number of EI and CERB claims) of how deep the job losses would be and, unfortunately, we…
Early Signs of the COVID-19 Impact on Canada’s Job Market
Employment fell by 1,010,700 in March in Canada – the largest drop on record –and the unemployment rate jumped to 7.8% from 5.6% in February. So say the first official…